Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SÜTRA
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distorted mouth like a best adorned lotus, delicate measured splendid charming lips like the leaf of a red lotus, and soft and very tender palate tongue, eyes like the heated best gold existing in pot (for making liquid), rolling like the wheel to the right and left, round and pure like the lightning, large thick (heavy) thigh (shank), a fully developed bright shoulder adorned with soft shining, fine, auspicious-marking manes, a raised, wellbuilt and well-borne (beautiful) tail moving to and fro, sporting (rejoicing), gaping mouth like the shape of the moon, and open nails, descending and speaking too much constantly own words",
Having dreamt this vision of a lion, she woke up from her sleep and immediately went to the bed.chamber of her husband, king Bala, to reveal this remarkable dream-vision to him as already pointed out in the previous section in connection with the topic conjugal love. King Bala, having listened to the whole story narrated by his wife, queen Prabhāvnti Devī, interpreted this a uspicious and fortune-indicating dream according to his own natural knowledge, intellect and intelligence thus that a great son would be born to them.
Next morning eight interpreters of signs of dream were summoned by the king in order to have the correct reading of this mark of lion beheld by the queen, because they were the experts in this subject.
According to the principles of the Svapnaśāstra (text on Dream) they interpreted that the queen had dreamt one of the fourteen great dreams as enumerated above which indicated that she would give birth to a great male child who would become an independent king or a houseless monk in future :
The evidences of the traditional belief of the people in dreams as revealed in the Bhs are also corroborated by those of other Jaina texts.
Thus it is stated in the Uttarādhyayana Sutra" that one attains glory, if he beholds decorated articles, a horse, an
12 Bhs, 11, 11, 428.
3 Ib, 11, 11, 428. • Uttaradhyayana Sutra 8, 13. See Commentary by śānti Sūri.
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